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July 2011

July 22, 2011
I'm a bit ashamed of the Church. Oh, don't get me wrong – plenty of...

June 2011

June 18, 2011
“It's been a long, slow, painful death.” So, begins a widely distributed article by Bob...
June 15, 2011
The Church is burning down. It is a slow, smoldering burn to be sure, but...

May 2011

May 28, 2011
  Let's talk about Hell. Hell, why not? Seems like everyone else is. So, let's...
May 25, 2011
If you don't know already, it would seem that the beginning of the end has...
May 22, 2011
Well, by the time I post this is will be right about 6pm EST. So,...
May 11, 2011
I fully and completely believe that God created us all equally in the divine image....
May 10, 2011
Jesus is Coming! Look busy. A fellow by the name of Harold Camping is claiming...
May 03, 2011
As it became apparent that the President had called an unexpected address to the nation...

April 2011

April 09, 2011
(Mark is a member of Salem Presbytery, PC(USA), which will be voting Saturday, April 9 on...

March 2011

March 15, 2011
Good and gracious God, Our words fail... they fail to adequately describe the events in...

February 2011

February 15, 2011
A prayer submitted by Kimberly J. Edwards: God, I find myself heartbroken by the hatred...
February 05, 2011
Part 2 – Christian 'Heritage' and American Exceptionalism It is not unusual to find that...

January 2011

January 29, 2011
With each generation in the United States, it becomes more and more difficult for some...
January 12, 2011
"I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely." Seldom do...
January 10, 2011
Good and gracious God, Allow the tragedy in Tucson yesterday to open our eyes to...
January 04, 2011
Good and gracious God, 2010 was not the year we hoped it to be. Before...

December 2010

December 15, 2010
  As Christmas quickly approaches, it gets harder and harder to not get caught up...
December 05, 2010
The Tea Partier and a member of The Christian Left have a discussion about "The War on...
December 02, 2010
Good and gracious God, This time of year, despite all of the presents we give,...
December 01, 2010
Growing up, I had always heard, and quite honestly believed, that the opposite of fear...

November 2010

November 26, 2010
Today we celebrate the abundance found in God's Creation. Thanks be to God. As we move forward may we...
November 19, 2010
Change is a given.  You don't have to like it, but you have no choice...
November 14, 2010
Good and gracious God, Today, like the rest of the world, when I woke I...
November 12, 2010
A Personal Response To The Myth of Redemptive Violence “Violence is the ethos of our...
November 09, 2010
Children Grow Where I Send Thee A church is a surprisingly difficult thing to just...
November 05, 2010
Can The Walls Come a Tumbling Down? As we've seen, the society and community in...
November 03, 2010
Sit Boy, Sit. Good Dogma. In order to understand why we need to grow our...

October 2010

October 29, 2010
“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except...
October 28, 2010
Hopey-Changey Churches are dying at an alarming rate. Research by The Barna Group suggests that...
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